2vdj

Crystal Structure of Homoserine O-acetyltransferase (metA) from Bacillus Cereus with Homoserine

spinqualitylabelsall models 2vdj, resolution 2.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2vdj is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 14579. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: HSE, SO4 Activity: Homoserine O-succinyltransferase, with EC number 2.3.1.46 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Bacteria and yeast rely on either homoserine transsuccinylase (HTS, metA) or homoserine transacetylase (HTA; met2) for the biosynthesis of methionine. Although HTS and HTA catalyze similar chemical reactions, these proteins are typically unrelated in both sequence and three-dimensional structure. Here we present the 2.0 A resolution x-ray crystal structure of the Bacillus cereus metA protein in complex with homoserine, which provides the first view of a ligand bound to either HTA or HTS. Surprisingly, functional analysis of the B. cereus metA protein shows that it does not use succinyl-CoA as a substrate. Instead, the protein catalyzes the transacetylation of homoserine using acetyl-CoA. Therefore, the B. cereus metA protein functions as an HTA despite greater than 50% sequence identity with bona fide HTS proteins. This result emphasizes the need for functional confirmation of annotations of enzyme function based on either sequence or structural comparisons. Kinetic analysis of site-directed mutants reveals that the B. cereus metA protein and the E. coli HTS share a common catalytic mechanism. Structural and functional examination of the B. cereus metA protein reveals that a single amino acid in the active site determines acetyl-CoA (Glu-111) versus succinyl-CoA (Gly-111) specificity in the metA-like of acyltransferases. Switching of this residue provides a mechanism for evolving substrate specificity in bacterial methionine biosynthesis. Within this enzyme family, HTS and HTA activity likely arises from divergent evolution in a common structural scaffold with conserved catalytic machinery and homoserine binding sites. A single amino acid change is responsible for evolution of acyltransferase specificity in bacterial methionine biosynthesis.,Zubieta C, Arkus KA, Cahoon RE, Jez JM J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 21;283(12):7561-7. Epub 2008 Jan 22. PMID:18216013 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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